Not seeing the benefits of the booming economy the Canadian government keeps telling you about? Neither does the World Economic Forum, that ranks Canada low for economic inclusiveness.
Canadian real estate prices are closely related to employment and interest rates. Here’s why we might be looking at employment numbers wrong, and how that may have contributed to a premature rise in interest rates.
Canadian real estate buyers, already hammered by the new OSFI mortgage stress test, are going to see their borrowing power reduced even further as rates climb.
Canadian real estate would have seen over 81,000 mortgages not qualify if low-ratio stress testing went live last year, here’s what that could mean.
Toronto real estate is been plagued by a chronic shortage of supply… or is it? Recently we’ve been asked by a number of investors and developers whether they’ll be able to profitably create more supply in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). That’s a tough question, and we’ll get to that on another day. In order […]
China is dealing with some of the world’s most ruthless real estate speculators. Here are some lessons Canada should take away.
Canadian real estate looks a lot like the US market before the crash, now that new research disproves the subprime myth.
Canadian real estate prices may be using a process called massification to maintain prices, here’s how it works.
Last week’s piece on Canadian real estate cycles invited more questions than usual, so we thought we would answer some of them for all to see.
Vancouver and Toronto’s real estate markets aren’t special. Here’s the lesson we taught the country’s top economists this week.
